Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. recently announced the opening of its new Sales office in Vienna and new Sales team appointments in Europe, part of the company’s ongoing efforts to enhance the customer experience.

The Vienna Sales office is located in the exclusive Goldenes Quartier
in the heart of Vienna’s historic first district. Based there are Matt
Sandidge, regional vice president of Sales for Central and Eastern
Europe, Greece, Turkey and Israel, and the recently appointed regional
vice president of Sales for Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent
States (CIS), Michael Rusetski. Sandidge and Rusetski report to Trevor
Esling, regional senior vice president of Sales for Europe, the Middle
East, Africa and the Indian subcontinent, who is based in Gulfstream’s
London Sales and Design Center.

“Gulfstream continuously seeks ways to enhance our customers’
experience and that includes expanding our office locations to provide
the utmost in convenience,” said Mark Burns, president, Gulfstream.
“This new Vienna office complements the urban locations we have placed
in city centers around the world, including our popular London location
and the Manhattan Sales and Design Center we opened last fall. Together
with our expanding Customer Support network in the region, including
hangar space in Paris and our new service facility in the United
Kingdom, this new office ensures a seamless, accessible experience for
our customers based in or traveling through Europe.”

Rusetski brings to Gulfstream 12 years of business-aviation
experience in aircraft management and charter, aircraft sales, direct
marketing and leasing. Before joining Gulfstream, he was in charge of
new aircraft sales for Cessna in CIS and ran an aircraft brokerage
company with offices in Vienna; Long Beach, California; Johannesburg;
and Moscow. Rusetski holds a bachelor’s degree from the Vienna
University of Technology and is fluent in English, German and Russian.

Gulfstream also recently appointed Gavin Thompson as regional sales manager for Europe, Russia and CIS. Thompson, who is based in London, joined Gulfstream from GainJet Aviation, where he had been worldwide sales and service manager since 2010.

GULFSTREAM ADDS CUSTOMER SUPPORT RESOURCES IN EUROPE AND ASIA

Additions Include Hangar Space At Paris-Le Bourget Airport And Key Personnel In Asia And Europe

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced it has made
significant enhancements to its already extensive Customer Support
resources in Europe and Asia, including the addition of hangar space for
maintenance at Europe’s busiest business-aviation airport, Paris-Le
Bourget.

At Le Bourget, Gulfstream has established access to and usage of an
on-site hangar (H2). This customer resource supplements the Field and
Airborne Support Teams (FAST) unit Gulfstream made available to
operators at Le Bourget in 2017.

“Our ability to work in a hangar at Le Bourget will protect a
customer’s aircraft from the elements and create an efficient working
environment with room for tooling and equipment,” said Derek Zimmerman,
president, Gulfstream Customer Support. “This added resource will help
reduce downtime and facilitate a quicker return to service for
Gulfstream aircraft in Paris.”

Gulfstream’s presence at Le Bourget includes up to three FAST
technicians, who have the use of 16,500 square feet/1,533 square meters
of hangar space. The European Aviation Safety Agency-trained
technicians, who specialize in assisting operators in aircraft-on-ground
situations, work under and are managed by Gulfstream’s company-owned
service center at London Luton Airport.

According to PrivateFly, Le Bourget was Europe’s busiest airport for
business aviation in 2018, with approximately 54,000 aircraft movements.

Gulfstream has also:

Appointed Ernest Tai and Clarke Mouncher managing directors of
Customer Support for Asia and Europe, the Middle East, Africa,
respectively. Based in Hong Kong and the London area, these industry
veterans engage with in-region customers and coordinate with Gulfstream
and sister companies Jet Aviation and Hawker Pacific to provide support.

Added capabilities at Gulfstream Beijing. The site’s technicians
recently earned Civil Aviation Administration of China approval for
96-month inspections for the Gulfstream G550 and Gulfstream G450;
72-month inspections for the Gulfstream G280; and 144-month inspections
for the Gulfstream G200.

Rhapsody Magazine brings together the latest news in business and lifestyle.
A printed version of the magazine is issued twice a year, in a sleek and elegant format. With high profile audience and exclusive circulation, RHAPSODY offers the best platform and visibility for a targeted communication. We interchange businesses, cultures, information, making your business known around the world. Either for attracting new clients or upsell to the existing ones, RHAPSODY is the perfect place where your brand belongs, alongside other premium lifestyle options.